Yes, it’s true. I only have nine favorite books from 2015. I picked up a lot of duds and re-read a lot of old favorites that don’t qualify for the list. Moreover, when I look at my list of top reads in 2014, I immediately recall each of them as a truly stellar five-star book. I would not rate all of those on the above list as five-star.

Goodreads informs me I read 15 fewer books last year than the one before, though. That smaller selection might have something to do with it– and for that, in turn, I blame my cross-country move, the whole uprooting and resettling process, for robbing me of some reading time.